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DMCA Policy

DMCA Policy

Mar-12 respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), the text of which can be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf, Mar-12 will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the Mar-12 service and/or the Mar-12 website (the "Site") if such claims are reported to Mar-12's Designated Copyright Agent identified below.

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, or authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the Site by completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it to Mar-12's Designated Copyright Agent.

Filing a DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement

Upon receipt of a Notice as described below, Mar-12 will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the Site.

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work: Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by this Notice, you may provide a representative list of the copyrighted works that you claim have been infringed.
  2. Identification of the infringing material: Identify the material that you claim is infringing (or to be the subject of infringing activity) and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material, including at a minimum, if applicable, the URL of the link shown on the Site where such material may be found.
  3. Contact Information: Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address.
  4. Statement of Good Faith Belief: Include both of the following statements in the body of the Notice:
    • "I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use)."
    • "I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is allegedly infringed."
  5. Signature: Provide your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.
  6. Send to Designated Agent: Deliver this Notice, with all items completed, to Mar-12's Designated Copyright Agent via the contact methods provided on our contact page.

DMCA Counter-Notification

If you believe that your content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material, you may send a Counter-Notice containing the following information to Mar-12's Designated Copyright Agent:

  • Identification of the Material: Identify the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location (e.g., URL) at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled.
  • Statement of Good Faith Belief: A statement that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the material.
  • Consent to Jurisdiction: A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Mar-12 may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notification of the alleged infringement.
  • Contact Information: Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email address.
  • Signature: Your electronic or physical signature.
  • Send to Designated Agent: Deliver this Counter-Notice, with all items completed, to Mar-12's Designated Copyright Agent via the contact methods provided on our contact page.

Upon receipt of a Counter-Notice, Mar-12 may send a copy of the Counter-Notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed material or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member, or user, the removed material may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the Counter-Notice, at Mar-12's sole discretion.

For any questions or to submit a DMCA Notice or Counter-Notice, please use the contact information provided on our contact page.